Alfonso López Trujillo

His Eminence

Alfonso López Trujillo
His Eminence; Alfonso López Trujillo
President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	8 November 1990
Term ended	19 April 2008
Predecessor	Édouard Gagnon
Successor	Ennio Antonelli
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2001–08)
Orders
Ordination	13 November 1960; by José Gabriel Calderón Contreras
Consecration	25 March 1971; by Aníbal Muñoz Duque
Created cardinal	2 February 1983; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1983–2001); Cardinal-Bishop (2001–08)
Personal details
Born	Alfonso López Trujillo; 8 November 1935; Villahermosa, Colombia
Died	19 April 2008 (aged 72); Clinic Pio XI, Rome, Italy
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Boseta (1971–78); Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (1971–78); Secretary General of the Latin American Episcopal Council (1972–79); Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (1978–79); President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (1979–83); Archbishop of Medellín (1979–91); Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca (1983–2001); President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (1987–90);
Alma mater	National University of Colombia; Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas; Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum;
Motto	Veritas et caritate
Signature
Coat of arms

Styles of
**Alfonso López Trujillo**
Styles of; Alfonso López Trujillo
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Frascati (suburbicarian see), Medellín (emeritus)

Alfonso López Trujillo (8 November 1935 – 19 April 2008) was a Colombian Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

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